Editor s note: The Voices editor fondly remembers Charlie Allbright, who was one of the first people to greet her warmly when she started at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 1997. Thanks to a tip from Dan Daugherty, she was able to find the following column that Charlie wrote about his family s Thanksgiving misadventure, which was originally published Nov. 20, 1991. While their father died in 1996, Dan and Drew Daugherty are still alive and well. Enjoy.
I m among that fortunate group of Arkansans who read Mike Trimble s stories and columns in the Arkansas Gazette. Running out to the driveway to pick up that morning s Gazette was part of my routine as a boy growing up in Arkadelphia. The Gazette s "Arkansas Traveler" column was one of the first things I read.